Gadi Eisenkot serves as the leader of Israel's centrist Yashar Party

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally tasked Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government in Israel

In the Israeli legislative election discussed in November 2026, the pro-Netanyahu bloc secured 53 Knesset seats

Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party won 32 seats in the November 2022 Israeli legislative election

Ariel Sharon's Likud party won 38 seats in the 2003 Israeli legislative election

In the Israeli legislative election discussed in November 2026, Gadi Eisenkot's party won 21 seats in the Knesset

In the Israeli legislative election discussed in November 2026, the political alliance of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid won 12 Knesset seats

In the Israeli legislative election discussed in November 2026, Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party won seven Knesset seats

In the Israeli legislative election discussed in November 2026, the anti-Netanyahu bloc secured 48 Knesset seats

Israeli President Isaac Herzog assigned the initial government-forming mandate to Gadi Eisenkot after the election discussed in November 2026

Arab political parties secured 19 Knesset seats in the election discussed in November 2026 following an Arab voter turnout rate of 80 percent

In the Israeli legislative election discussed in November 2026, the combined Democrats party of Meretz and Labor won eight Knesset seats

In the Israeli legislative election discussed in November 2026, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party won 27 seats in the 120-seat Knesset

Under Israeli law, a lawmaker tasked by the president to form a government receives 28 days, with a possible 14-day extension

The Israeli national unity government established in the 1980s between Likud and Labor commanded nearly 90 seats in the Knesset

The Israeli Knesset must pass an annual state budget by March each year to prevent the automatic dissolution of parliament

Swearing in a new government in the Israeli Knesset requires a simple parliamentary majority, not an absolute majority of 61 members, if other lawmakers abstain

Toppling an existing Israeli government without triggering general elections requires a constructive vote of no confidence supported by at least 61 Knesset members

To serve as an official in the Israeli government, Ron Dermer renounced his United States citizenship in early 2005

Israeli President Isaac Herzog granted opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first mandate to form a governing coalition following an inconclusive election

Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot was allotted up to six weeks to build a governing coalition